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neadods

Fic - Alternate Partings 1/1

Jun 27, 2007 10:20

A while back, wendymr asked me what I thought the Doctor would do if Jack and Rose's positions had been reversed in Parting of the Ways.

The answer is, pretty much this.

TITLE: Alternate Partings
RATING: G/all ages
CHARACTERS: Nine, Jack, Rose
DISCLAIMER: Not an authorized tie-in to BBC property
SPOILERS: allusions to conversation from Utopia

( He couldn’t bear the sound of her voice, rattling on, not knowing what had been done to her. )

drwho, fic

Comments 33

scarlettgirl June 27 2007, 14:37:35 UTC

Oh! What a bastard!

I love it.

Cold, cold, cold. Although, to be fair, I see this as more a Ten move than a a Nine. Nine would be so guilt-ridden he'd try to fix it, disastrously, at first, then dump her. Ten, not so much with the guilt, I think.

Fabulous! I like the echo of "I'm so sorry" that we hear so often from the Doctor's lips.

neadods June 27 2007, 16:53:04 UTC

I figure the Doctor has a long history of dumping and running, either tossing people out of the TARDIS or jumping in it for a quick getaway. So I don't think Nine would change that particular yellow streak.

dune_drd June 27 2007, 14:41:42 UTC

Dark but fun, enjoyed this very much. I ask myself though if Nine wouldn't have tried not to be so 'prejudiced' had it been Rose. But then you can hardly fight instinct...

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neadods June 27 2007, 15:00:51 UTC

Be my guest, I still have Chamelion-arched Romana and the Baby!Doctor and the vortex backed up, not to mention the not-abandoned "Martha shoving the Doctor's head underwater" one.

neadods June 27 2007, 16:27:04 UTC

PS - if you get at all to the Doctor's point of view in your story, bear this in mind - he shoved his own granddaughter, Susan, out of the TARDIS. She fell in love, he didn't want her to have to choose... so he chose for her and skedaddled, while she pounded on the door and screamed.

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amilyn June 27 2007, 14:59:29 UTC

That. Is. Perfect.

Brilliant. Fantastic, even.

maypanic June 27 2007, 15:04:16 UTC

Heartbreaking, but beautifully and convincingly written. I'd like to think he would've at least tried to "fix" her first- but with the revulsion as strongly ingrained as he described it, I don't know.

Let's just be glad that's not the way the show went, cause then I'd really have to hate the Doctor.